1914
year
1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1914th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 914th year of the 2nd millennium, the 14th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1914, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. It was the year that saw the start of what became known as World War I.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1880s 1890s 1900s – 1910s – 1920s 1930s 1940s |
| Years: | 1911 1912 1913 – 1914 – 1915 1916 1917 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1914 MCMXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2667 |
| Armenian calendar | 1363 ԹՎ ՌՅԿԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6664 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 70–71 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1835–1836 |
| Bengali calendar | 1321 |
| Berber calendar | 2864 |
| British Regnal year | 4 Geo. 5 – 5 Geo. 5 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2458 |
| Burmese calendar | 1276 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7422–7423 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 4610 or 4550 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 4611 or 4551 |
| Coptic calendar | 1630–1631 |
| Discordian calendar | 3080 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1906–1907 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5674–5675 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1970–1971 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1835–1836 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5014–5015 |
| Holocene calendar | 11914 |
| Igbo calendar | 914–915 |
| Iranian calendar | 1292–1293 |
| Islamic calendar | 1332–1333 |
| Japanese calendar | Taishō 3 (大正３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1843–1845 |
| Juche calendar | 3 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4247 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 3 民國3年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 446 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2456–2457 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 2040 or 1659 or 887 — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 2041 or 1660 or 888 |
Events
change- June 28 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Countess Sophie were assassinated by Black Hand in Sarajevo. This led to World War I.
- August 2 – According to the NSDAP 25 points manifesto, anyone who was not German-race who did not live in Germany before this date had to leave the country.
- August 15 - Construction of the Panama Canal is finished.
- August 31 – Saint Petersburg, Russia is renamed Petrograd by Nicholas II.
- September 26 - The Federal Trade Commission is formed.
Date unknown
change- Australian supermarket chain Coles Supermarkets was founded.
- The Iglesia ni Cristo ("Church of Christ") was built in the Philippines.
- The Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main opened.
- Yuma, Arizona became a city.
- Portugal got rid of the monarchy of Kongo.
Nobel Prizes
changeBirths
change- February 5 – William S. Burroughs, American writer (d. 1999)
- March 31 – Octavio Paz, Mexican writer, poet and diplomat (d, 1998)
- April 2 – Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
- May 13 – Joe Louis, American boxer (d. 1981)
- May 29 – Tenzing Norgay, Sherpa climber (d. 1986)
- September 24 – John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
- October 16 – Mohammed Zahir Shah, last Shah of Afghanistan (d. 2007)
- October 27- Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
- November 25 – Joe DiMaggio, American MLB baseball player (d. 1999)
- December 14 – Karl Carstens, 5th President of West Germany (d. 1992)
- December 20 - Harry F. Byrd, Jr., American politician (d. 2013)
- December 30 – Igor Diakonov, Russian (Soviet) historian and linguist (d. 1999)
- Nancy Drew, Fictional character
Deaths
change- June 14 – Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States (b. 1835)
- June 28 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1863), and his wife Countess Sophie
- August 6 – Ellen Louise Wilson, American First Lady, wife of Woodrow Wilson. (b. 1860)